Baling-press.



J. S. TUTTLE.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1909.

%5,%7$. Patented Jan. 11,1910.

UNITEE FA'ICENI @IEIIIJT JOSIAH S. TUT'ILE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,ASSIGNOE 0F ONE-HALF T0 TUTTLE HAY PRESS (30., OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI,A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI, AND ONE-HALF T0 GEORGE ER'IEL 00., OF QUINCY,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BALING'r-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

Application filed March 18, 1909. Serial No. 484,080.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosL-iir S. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to baling presses, and has for its object toproduce a machine of this character which can be easily and effectivelyfed by a single attendant.

A further object is to produce means for automatically effectingsuccessively the condensation of a charge of baling material in thehopper and the forcing of such charge down into the baling chamber.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel andpeculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafterdescribed and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understoodreference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1,is a side elevation of a part of a baling press equipped with myimprovements. Fig. 2, is a side view of the same and also shows aninclined feed-board, omitted from Fig. 1.

In the said drawing, where like reference characters identifycorresponding parts, 1 indicates a baling case having a feed-opening 2in its upper side and provided with a hopper communicating with saidopening, said hopper comprising a front end-wall 3 and a rear end-wall iprojecting from one side of the baling-case beyond the other side, therear end-wall having a vertical slot 5, for a purpose which hereinafterappears. At the ends of the side-walls terminating in substantially thesame vertical plane as one side of the baling-case, is a preferablyvertically slotted end-wall 6, of the hopper, the opposite wall 7 beingpivoted to the walls 3 and 4: as at 8, so that it shall be capable ofalternately performing the functions of a table when horizontal as shownin full lines and as a wall when substantially vertical, as shown indotted lines, and for the purpose of overcoming the gravitativeresistance of wall 7 and swinging it to its vertical position, I providea toggle consisting of a pair of links 10 and 11 pivoted together at 12and at their opposite ends at 13 and 14: respectively, to the case andsaid wall. To expand said toggle, a chain 15, guided around a groovedguide-sheave 16, ournaled in brackets 17 secured to the case, is securedat its front end to the toggle and at its rear end to a stiff retractilespring 18 connected by a chain 19 to the power mechanism, not shown,because of common and well-known construction, the spring 18 being ofsuch resisting power that it is capable of effecting the elevation orcondensing operation of wall 7 without any material stretching orelongation.

Journaled in bearing-brackets 20 secured to the rear upper corners ofthe case is a shaft 21 equipped with a feeder 22 adapted to playvertically through slot 5 of wall 1 and the inverted U-shaped frame 23which stiffens and strengthens said wall, and said shaft is provided atone end with a crankarm 24 having a depending heel 25. 26 is a linkpivotally connecting said crank with the front end of chain 19, saidlink being preferably a double link having a connecting pin 27 at itslower or rear end for abutment at times against heel 25, and 28 is aretractile spring pivotally connecting the front ends of crank 24- andlink 26 with the contiguous side of frame 23, for the purpose of raisingthe feeder to permit the hopper to be charged.

In order that a single attendant may conveniently charge the hopper, Iprovide a detachable feed-board 29 to be arranged in an inclinedposition with its lower or outer end resting 011 the ground. adjacent tothe sup ply of baling material (not shown) and its upper end underlyingand forming a support for the outer end of wall 7 when the same isdepressed, the said inclined feedboard having hooks 30 to detachablyengage pins 81 projecting outwardly from the end walls 3 and a,only oneof said hooks appearing.

Assuming that the power mechanism is in operation and impartingreciprocatory movement to the plunger 32 through the instrumentality ofplunger-beam 33, and that the chain 19 is alternately drawn rearward toeffect the depression of the feeder and released to permit of itsrelevation by spring 28, it will be seen that the initial portion ofeach rearward movement of chain 19 results through the connectionsbetween the same and the toggle, in the quick elevation of wall 7, andthe incidental engagement of pin 27 with heel 25, the movement of saidwall resulting in the condensation of the hopper below the feeder of thehay or other baling material which has been fed into the hopper by theoperator forking it and dragging or sweeping it with his fork upward onthe feed-board and upon the wall 7, while depressed. By the time thebaling material is condensed the slack is taken out of chain 19 and thecontinued pull on the latter stretches spring 18 and spring 28 andeffects the downward or feeding stroke of the feeder, and forces thebaling material condensed in the hopper, down into the baling chamber inthe path of the plunger, the spring 18 being provided simply as a meansfor establishing a permanent connection between chains 15 and 19 whichwill yield so as not to interfere with the continued movement of chain19 after that of chain 15 and wall 7 has terminated, said spring 18 ashereinbefore explained, being snificiently stifi to not only overcomethe inertia of the toggle and wall 7 and effect the expansion of theformer and the elevation of the latter but also in addition thereto, toraise what baling material may be lying upon said wall and force it overthe feed-openin The engagement of the pin 27 forming the lower end oflink 26, with heel 25 gives a downward pull and therefore properleverage on crank 2a to start the feeder on its downward or feedingstroke, it being obvious that unless said heel is provided, link 26would swing to an approximately parallel relation to the crankarm andhence offer a resistance to the operation of the power mechanism sogreat as to endanger the connections between the latter and the link. Itwill thus be seen that the baling material is automatically condensed inthe hopper and forced down into the bal ing chamber and that the chain19 does not have to overcome the resistance of the condensing andfeeding mechanisms at the same time. After chain 19 is released in theusual manner, springs 18 and 28 and the feeder are raised, and by thisaction chain 19 is slackened sufiiciently to permit the pivoted wall 7and the toggle to gravitate back to their original positions. When thebaling operation is completed and the machine, is to be moved,feed-board 29 is detached and fastened upon the machine in any suitablemanner, and wall 7 is secured in its elevated position in any suitablemanner. The machine is then remounted upon its carrying wheels, notshown, or, if said wheels have been occupying trenches while the balingoperation was in progress to avoid the necessity of removing the bodyfrom the wheels, as is frequently resorted to, the machine is drawn outof the trenches.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced abaling press embodying the features enumerated as desirable and inaddition thereto the advantages of simplicity, strength, durability andcheapness of construction, and I wish it to be understood that I reservethe right to make such changes in the form proportion, detailconstruction and arrangei'nent of the parts as properly fall within thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is;

1. A baling press, comprising a balingcase having a feed-opening, ahopper com municating with the feed-opening and embodying a side wallcapable of assuming substantially horizontal and vertical positions, atoggle connection between the case and the movable wall of the hopper,means for expanding the toggle and raising said wall, a spring-elevatedfeeder to swing down and upward in the hopper and baling-chamber, acrank rotatable with said feeder, a flexible connection suitably guidedattached at one end to the toggle, a link pivotally attached to saidcrank, a retractile spring between th opposite end of said flexiblelink, and means to impart longitudinal movement to said spring andforward and downward move ment to said link.

2. A baling press, comprising a baling case having a feed opening, ahopper communicating with the feed opening and embodying a side wallcapable of assuming substantially horizontal and vertical positions, atoggle-connection between the case and the movable wall of the hopper, aguide sheave secured to the baling case, a feeder pivoted to the balingcase and adapted to swing down into and out of the baling case throughthe hopper, yielding means holding the feeder normally elevated, a crankarm rotatable with the feeder, a link pivoted to the crank arm, aretractile spring connected to the link, a flexible connection trainedaround said guide sheave and at tached at its opposite ends to thetoggle and said retractile spring, and a flexible connection attached tosaid link and adapted when moved forward to effect upward movement ofthe said movable wall and downward movement of the feeder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSIAH S. TUTTLE.

lVitnesses:

H. C. Ronenns, G. Y. THORPE.

